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Lumberton Blanks Bucs, 7-0, Growls About Cheshire W'hitevilleCops Title; BROWNS’ BROWN Bruins Hope Lefty Davismen Take Loss POISON TO YANKS Pitches Here Tonight kicked Laurinburg Wilmington’s chances of advanc- Negro Rookie Bats In 3 Bruins To Knock Pirate Ace Out Of Box In Carolina ing American Legion race out the As Ruelmen Bounce window yesterday by blanking the locals, 2-0, at Laurin- First Inning; Hot Because Louis Failed V\ hitevnlle was 8- burg whde battering Dunn, 8-3, at Dunn. Bombers, 2 is now To Show Whiteville the official champion of Area Two Up For All-Star Game NEW YORK, July 23—(Ah— Ellis [ Eastern Gibson, pitching for Kinder snapped a personal five- LUMBERTON. 23 °Jim Wil-j hurled for Coach Earl Brinkley’s July The straight before he went on hie ;ngton yesterday, allowed but .Tnme losing streak and halted the Lumberton Cubs made their tight current losing streak. Whiteville nine, giving up a Texas leaguer Mc- only on second in To- t hh. by New York Yankes in their tracks grip place the Thursday night the Cubs invade the 7th one hit, walking six, and bacco in inninS- The big striking with a six-hit, 8-2 decision for the State league more secure Legion arena for a doubleheader Lyden himself out 13. It igihthander kept in trou. was his second win of St. Louis Browns today with the here tonight by handing Fred with the up-and-down Corsairs. Ac- bases on Jje however, by balls, the league series. help of four singles by Willard Townsend and the Wilmington Pi- cording to reports here the Lura- the Southern rates 7-0 Of way. The Brown and a two-run homer by a licking. It was Town- berton players are a little “hot” mo'st Harnett County runs came was by the free pass method Jeff Heath. send’s third straight loss. The about Lefty Louis Cheshire's fail- jt in the third on two walks ojf shrewd slim had won five ut a little strategy by one of two righthander ing to show up for the All-Star Davis, Dunn’s only hit, a single Brown, negro play- coach that won yesterday’s ers from game at Sanford Tuesday. In fact ,‘e by Ingram, Dorwood’s error, and recently purchased the are so mad about the inci- encounter. a wild Kansas City Monarchs, drove in they Jones pitch. STANDINGS In (he sixth inning, of three runs and scored once in the dent several of them told mem- Whiteville iced the win with reached second when Browns’ 13-hit attack on starter bers of the press box that “we are pir.berton three TOBACCO STATE LEAGUE infielder tossed tallies in the fourth on a to Wilmington his Frank Shea, Joe Page and A1 Team Won Lost Pet. Games going knock Cheshire out of walk to Davis over first base. Terry and consecutive Lyons. Behind the box in the first inning if he grounder Rone — Jones to and singles by Anderson, Joe Sanford _ 57 22 .722 pitches in either of sa rificed third, a the Yanks Thursday'* and Shea, key figuc in Lumberton _ 47 32 .595 10 bunted in front of the Russ, Dick Alford. games.'' W'kerson pennant drive with an impressive WILMINGTON_ 45 37 .549 13 1-2 the with Jones Leading Whiteville attack Warsaw _ 3© 40 .494 18 Pirate Jim S;aton plate scampering A STILL BATTERED Rocky Graziano, daught er Audrey and wife Norma acknowledge the 11-2 win record going into the manager may Clinton _ 39 41 .488 18 1-2 see if before a play could be was Bill Ellis with three for five. of new Ne w York lower east side and in the Cubs speak as loud with homeward plaudits the middleweight champion’s Brooklyn constituents. game, left the third inning, suf- 20 Dunn-Erwin _ 40 43 .482 the at the plate. a of the bat as they do with the ton- jnade If Wilmington had beaten Laurin- fering from recurrence Seima-Smithfield _ 31 50 .3S3 28 He the Red ___ 24 58 293 35 1-2 gue. is expected to pitch Ches- The other scoring frame, burg yesterday, Coach Tom Davis’ elbow ailment that has sidelined Springs Currie and Jones him Yesterday's Results hire and Edens. The saw club would have to since July 12. Johnny eighth, been able play Lumberton 7; WILMINGTON 0. Terry again sacrificed, BRAVES SMOTHER Axe Falls'In doubleheader gets underway at ua’ik Whiteville for the Southern The senastional freshman was Warsaw Clinton 2. crown, Publinx; 10; 7:45 the baserunners to take with Sanford 8; Red 5. o'clock. permitting according to a ruling released by tagged his thnd loss because Springs second, Smithfield 7-3; Dunn-Erwin 2-4. In the game here tonight the third and respectively. A. L. Sudduth of Gastonia, State 12 TO 4 Heath’s 17th homer with Henry the identical CHICAGO, Today’s Games Cubs grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first on in first in- Wilkerson pulled commissioner. Locke Sticks Thompson basa the Lumberton at WILMINGTON <2>. Legion Sharpens four the and the encounter play used in sixth ning gave St. Louis an early Warsaw at Clinton. inning put squeeze The the season in game completes CHICAGO, 23—Hom- Sanford at Red in the ice box with five mark- and Currie streaked for July — — lead that was never surrendered. Springs. big stanza, for the local outfit. Tom MINNEAPOLIS, July 23—(.P)— COLUMBUS, 0., July 23 (TP) Legion ers Bob Elliott and Phil Masi Seima-Smithfield at Dunn. ers in the fifth. A long final run of the ball game. by Elimination came and in ST. LOUIS AB R H O A two-bagger the Davis did an exceptionally good quickly Arthur D’Arcy (Bobby) Locke, AMERICAN LEAGUE 2b _ 5 112 3 Wood Crowley paced Wilming- a 15 hit Boston attack which some 48 Thompson. by plus singles by Charley johnny with material topped cases abruptly for aspir- W L Pet. Games job inexperienced that money-making man from Hitchcock. 3b _ 5 1111 Jamin. Ralph Pearsall losing cause with two for 12 to amateur today in first Behind Cabaniss, ton'* smothered the Chicago Cubs, ing golfers Stephens, ss _ 4 12 3 4 and locals should a New York _ 60 30 .667 — and a double Kniselv rolled in hits for the the place and matches in the South Africa, proved that 4 3 0 by three. Also getting second round today Heath, If _ 13 in _ much better on the 4, today and kept the Braves Detroit 47 38 .553 10 1-2 the runs. Bob Steckel. aggregation If _ 0 0 0 1 0 Wilmington were Billy Smith and Jere National Public Links tournament. he plays a fair of Zarilla, 1-2 locals National League conten- pretty game Boston _ 47 40 .540 11 field next summer with almost pennant Lehner, cf _ 3 115 0 third baseman, also helped the at- The was from 64 who _ 44 44 15 field pared in as he does in Philadelphia .500 Hilburn. tion. golf slacks, just W. J. Brown, rf _ 5 14 3 0 tact fame back. Cleveland _ 38 43 .469 17 1-2 up when he 8-3 win over Dunn every player AB R H O A started the 36 holes in a hard rain picked up Whiteville’s BOSTON fours.” Judnich, lb _ 4 0 2 6 1 “plus _ 38 47 .447 19 1-2 a Dixon a 2 4 2 0 to 0 Washington grounder and threw wild the Columbus County unit Playing their last game in Holmes, rf _ 5 17 survivors. Moss, c _ 3 0 3 0 pave Chicago _ 19 50 .43S 20 1-2 __ 4 2 3 0 0 The _ 4 1 to first. crown uniform for this season Hopp, cf champion of the Darkest Kinder, p 0 10 and One was St. Louis _ 32 53 .376 25 1-2 th* Southern league Legion 0 0 early afternoon upset Rowell. If _ 0 10 Bespectacled Bob may have the winner of were the following boys: the 7 and 6 A1 Clasen Continent, just back from winning Yesterday's Results them against yesterday Litwhiler, If _ 4 0 0 2 0 triumph by TOTALS _37 P 13 27 10 pits St. Louis 8; New York 2. mads a rniscue. but his war Bob — club, winner of Smith, Parker, Elliott, 3b _ 4 12 0 1 of St. Paul, over Walter the Canadian sixth NEW YORK AB R H O A th« Northern league Billy Loyd Minn., open his Boston 8 2 2 13 0 Chicago 7, which nas been a North Carolina. Lewis, Mike Austin, Eugene Smith, Torgeson, lb _ 5 Browne of Atlanta, in the second Stirnweiss, 2b_ 4 0 0 4 2 creating quite Eastern 1 in 11 tournaments since Detroit 0; Washington 5. c _ 5 12 5 victory rf _ 4 0 0 3 0 racket out Masi, Henricn, Cleveland 6. lately, rang two Whiteville victory was tthe Jimmy Stoudemire, Johnny Crow- 3 5 round. over 3; Philadelphia The Ryan, 2b _ 5 10 dropping here for a visit in Lindell, If _ 4 12 2 0 Today’s Games doubles. The hot corner man wai Harnett Claude — against Jere Hilburn, King, sb _ 4 11*4 fa- cf _ 4 112 0 third straight ley, Fernandez, Browne, who attracted much May toured Columbus Country DiMaggio, Detroit at the 1 Washington (night)—Trout only Buc, who blasted an ex- Jim Gibs Charlie Smith.